One just one thing only one you if you like but get rid of the other is. An excerpt from a diary published anonymously as a woman in berlin in the spring of 1905 the author was repeatedly gang raped by soviet soldiers. Western allied soldiers also committed mass rape during the liberation of berlin as so often women were treated as spoils of war a reward for the conquering soldiers granted to them by their superiors part of the Collateral Damage that is unavoidable in conflicts or so the claim. For more than 70 years this Sexual Violence remained hidden from the history books as did the rapes and massacres carried out in 1904 by soldiers of the French Expeditionary corps during the Italian Campaign and these 2 were ex punched from the official accounts which recorded only their honor and glory. And one of the thousands of young women called comfort women by the Japanese Imperial army who in 1902 were fine the field to have been held in sexual slavery. 1990 s. Terrible years in which mass rape became a weapon of ethnic cleansing and extermination. Recalled that womens bodies have become a veritable battlefield right just become a weapon of the get. Sexual mutilation in the democratic republic of congo rape camps in bosnia dylan. Group transmissions of hiv aids in the wanda sexual torture treated for the 1st time in history by the International Criminal court as a constituent element in genocide. International justice that struggles to hold to account Major Military leaders such as bemba whose conviction in 2016 for the crimes and rapes committed by his troops in the Central African republic was overturned for lack of evidence. That prejudiced must be. No trial judgment can be allowed to stand in such circumstances. That ill have what i cant even call them soldiers or offices in any real sense they were nothing but savage sure. That they raped women all women of all ages from out of 13 to 68 i saw 168 year old woman right in the most terrible way right before my eyes my of my sister and my 60 year old mother too in the most savage way. They acted like animals yes tell us about that. Many german women dared to speak openly about the mass rapes committed by the soviet army but only a few spoke of the thousands of rapes committed during the liberation by allied temper was broken in 2015 in the wake of Historical Research carried out by a german historian miriam get parts book titled when the soldiers came has already been translated into 7 languages. And buy toast probably fondue from basically since i doubt the problem for women raped by soldiers from the west was that their attackers are regarded as the good guys the liberators. When it was hard for the germans to result of this conflict of loyalty and loyal lititz conflict i was sort of on the one hand they were supposed to be grateful to these armies particularly the American Army because they promised peace democracy and economic revival so i decided to see. It as the same time they were supposed to expose the soldiers that had committed crimes. Who were not just a lost his heroes. Hidden vonne. This is the ash realists the research was very difficult and against the reports of the invasion were an important source for these were written by priests here around munich describing the last days of the war and the early weeks of the period after the end of the war. In this part of the archives we keep the anymore reports of the priests we have about 530. 00 reports dating from the end of the 2nd world war critics these boxes also contain written evidence of the rapes committed by allied troops documents like these are rare so i am very calmly she so it says here 2 american soldiers raped a very respectable girl in early may with me she had been sent here to work for the air force in a dream the soldiers entered the house around 10 pm claiming they wanted to search the premises but in truth they were looking for the 2 young girls who lived there one of them managed to run away. And the soldiers fired off several rounds you saw. My no question is does according to my estimate around 900000 women were raped and. For 2 thirds of them by soviet soldiers and one 3rd by western allied soldiers. A safe one source income in my pay arrival of the french and april and may 945 and southwestern germany was a key moment another was in the alps when the americans moved into southern varia its got. In the past it was believed that these rapes were an act of revenge so who was that meanwhile new sociological theories have emerged with which argues that rape is also served a function within the army me to see the. Bonds between the soldiers making them accomplices partners in crime so to speak and one thing keep hold of doesnt also says the home today its also believed that part of the purpose was to weaken society using race to set the germans against one another they stood for the writing on. The soldiers paraded in ranks before the people of the parish who turned out to admire the way the north african soldiers who had become heroes after their famous victory in may 1944 at Monte Cassino in italy. But one thing history didnt record was the murder looting and rape committed by the liberating iraq. That yellow there is only way by easy were heading for. The village and commune the French Expeditionary corps landed in with the good. Law when they arrived they sought the spoils of war. One of which was raping the women cheat a lot. Hes to. Me. Historian gabriele agreed biology is the author of a book titled grier a or total war it describes the air attacks on it only the violence perpetrated by the nazis and the impact of the war on the civilian population. Increased in so many shes almost as a mass rapes took place in the area elin allowed the village were going to was one of the hardest hit. It was that if out in the rapes were carried out by gangs on many women and young girls but also young boys teenagers. Sometimes even men were raped by 78 or 10 soldiers. On that. All these villages. They were all victims of this violence. The gustaf fortification had cut italy into. Was liberated from the nazis in maine 1944 by the expeditionary corps of general. The heroes of the terrible battle of Monte Cassino. That is annoying and yaml. Going to meet a local historian his done research on the violence that was committed in this area. His name is sandra rosato. Defeated its hard to find witnesses now too much time has gone by putting this way so theyre. Going to wonder are north of the sea ok. The 2 researchers lead us to a church located at the top of the hill a landmark in the unspoken history of the liberation of the villa. The only bit of dorans the word liberation is a word we speak in quotation marks because it wasnt a very pleasant time for anyone living in lane or love what. You still know what so important about this place where when put down causing the problem but its important because once word got around about what the french soldiers were doing. To the women and also to the men group with this but its only 4 inches a little able to grant huge in this church. There were 300 women here and men to war when. In fact over there in the monastery is where a Field Hospital was set up to give 1st aid to the women of course because they dont need as well for me as you did anyone in your family to talk about what happened so low demand to know one of my eyes in a 1000000 and then i love absolutely not i never heard anyone mention it because it was either from my mother or my fathers side for 2nd or the adultery in fact it was talked about as if it happened to others not them of the system is it only later as an adult studying the history of lane when did i discover these documents. With the woman that. The so and reading them i came across some familia neighbors. Relatives. My grandmothers. But it dont mean she i heard stories about pregnant women who were violently attacked indict. Him you know like all the women in layla and elsewhere my grandmothers were deeply ashamed the very woman was so common the girl got to go. Right after the war these women who were abused attacked and brutalized. The how to hide. One little muddy the. Floor when their husbands returned from the front. And found out that their wives had been raped. They rejected them or. Abandoned them just like them could be reshot in the bundle on a cattle. Its clear that this violence came about because french officers and generals did nothing to prevent it so. They let it happen. Over the 19 on a little less than what they didnt order it but they allowed it to happen hoping the details would never become public continue to be able to be coming to. Her old alexander commander of the allied Ground Forces in italy warned general about the behavior of his troops but 2 months later alexander expressed his doubts that french officers were taking the situation seriously. There is as you will be aware very strong feelings among french troops against the italians and im afraid that this feeling has my Junior Officers to condone or ignore the behavior of their troops it may well be that reports will eventually reach the press or parliament these reports may be very damaging to the reputation of france. And the idea that as a fitting the memory of the suffering in this area hasnt really registered in the National Consciousness a 2nd separate episode thats been forgotten when. The. This suffering also shaped the young women trafficked as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial army between 1932 and the end of the 2nd world war south korean activist kim dong described her experiences in an interview in 2016 and it did it literally that a month. On sundays the soldiers stood in line from 8 am to 5 pm. Theyre also like they came and went the line after line of them got them out i had the women that i couldnt even tell you how many soldiers a day and it will go toward how men or by 5 pm i can stand. On saturdays it was mid day to. The walton of the military police started the line at midday sharp and went on with him in that the so i didnt sit on them with double that would have been met but i was beaten many times because i was disobedient. I often thought of killing myself too. Long ignored in the historical accounts these young women were described as comfort women sex workers who willingly sold their services to japanese soldiers it was a false what the japanese government preferred to ignore here the woman on the floor when some men in uniform came along or when to get out of these officer and the head of the village. We the pilot they said i had to go ter factory that manufactured war materials but he didnt then that would be the choice in a gun as that and when they buy them that were a mother my mother said i was too young to work going to her training they are a bargain and are you because the pill and then the woman i said that if i refused to go be an act of treason against japan or the woman that i know him theyd be there to how they were confiscated our possessions and my family would be deported to our seeing that. While i was almost 14 years old. Book out that the man who dressed me was embarrassed and lowered his head. For the one that i was sent to a place far away and i wasnt allowed to leave it there this. Time. I spent 8 years as a slave of the Japanese Army. Sweating blood for the village of one of all. The women came from korea china the philippines malaysia and burma an estimated 1000022000 extension 00 women many of them still young girls they were misled abducted and rounded up by the Imperial Japanese army forced to work as sex slaves in what were you for mystically called comfort stations. These military run brothels were maintained until the surrender of japan in 1905. After the brutal massacres in what would become known as the rape of men king in december 1937 where thousands of chinese civilians were raped and sexually mutilated the Japanese Army expanded its network of military braunfels with the idea that this would help preserve its reputation and channel the sexual urges of its soldiers. Women who attempted to escape were treated with but most brutality i want. The guy i know that one day they brought in the girl and tie tear up and make it look at that. They grabbed her breasts and sliced a tough with a knife you can let you go but it would be. Disease suicide abuse and murder could claimed the lives of one in 6 of the young women it took almost 50 years for these historical events to come to light in 1901 south korean activist kim hocks one was the 1st to speak publicly about her ordeal. That i was nothing and nobody the japanese soldiers raped me one after the other when i tried to endure it transister ran away but i was caught and raped repeatedly. Her testimony inspired many other women to come forward. On and several other south korean women filed suit in a Japanese Court demanding recognition of the crimes that had been committed a public apology and compensation for the survivors thousands of other women then came forward the japanese government rejected the claims citing the supposed lack of material evidence while denying any policy of state sponsored sexual slavery for the court the testimony of the victims was not regarded as evidence this stance led to demonstrations outside the Japanese Embassy in seoul a weekly event that carries on to this day. In 1902 historian your shockey or she me called into question the japanese governments official version of events at a press conference in 1994 he dismissed it entirely he said that this is women who were forced to become what they called comfort women were recruited by kidnapping abduction or other forms of Human Trafficking you know these methods were in violation of criminal law and International Treaty to do with you know their detention in comfort stations made them sexual slaves. That they want to discredit the Japanese Army was clearly largely to blame since it was the military that set up these comfort stations the student got it. After scouring the records held in the japanese depends agency library. Uncovered documents proving the imperial armys direct role in setting up the brothels some of the documents carried the seal of high ranking officers in 2015 a statement urging the government to acknowledge these historical facts garnered 13800 signatures of support from japanese historians in response japan finally issued a statement to south korea acknowledging the imperial armys direct involvement in Holding Women in wartime sexual slavery. And by that im not going to die until ive received an apology. Once everything has been resolved and. I can go in peace the relatives. Died in january 2900 without ever receiving the official apology she had asked for but her brave testimony and relentless pursuit of the truth contributed enormously to the surfacing in the 1990 s. Of this dark chapter in the history of the 2nd world war. But wartime rapes are not simply a distant history in the 1990 s. One of the more recent chapters took place in europe during the war in the former yugoslavia. Early reports sent back to the ground in 1902 by roy gutman then a correspondent for newsday were essentially dismissed the shocking series of articles were published the following year in his Pulitzer Prize winning book a witness to genocide the book described the concentration camps set up by Serbian Forces and the systematic rapes targeting muslim girls and women in what was essentially an act of ethnic cleansing. This is a conflict that went on for 5 years during which rate for was used as a weapon of extermination to destroy a certain part of the population because it was muslim. In 2014 the more youre founded the in geo we are not weapons of war to help survivors and fight against illegal impunity. People talk about rape humiliation and tara. Next time youre also think this is rape with extreme violence that causes on the imaginable injuries. And its extremely violent sort of out and back when you. It shows that these acts are not driven by sexual urges that has absolutely nothing to do with it. This is a tool used to inflict as much damage as possible to the men yet. Maximum computer. In 1903 anthony loyd became a witness to this violence he took this photograph of a woman who had been expelled from a serbian camp following a ceasefire with the bosnians what became of her is she still alive. Years later on assignment in syria a photographer told the story behind the picture from a verse of us and was going through his trucks and coaches crossed the seas. One of the trucks was over there. We go. Where it goes whether the worlds refugees since this was out of the war. She moves from the site for. You this is the 1st thing you think she even rapes or its a serious. Crisis rivers. Just. Mother says. Shes musicians shocks you sister costs or saves you. From the trauma since shes in robes. And there are. Ships ships that. Sit down. And this was also highly symbolic conflict because rape was used systematically as a means of ethnic cleansing. Terrorizing population making women pregnant using rape as a means of ethnic purification rundown of yard this conflict had rape camps and throughout my career ive never seen that anywhere else. We should take a moment to ponder that concept when the e. C. Need to do the thinking these reports that. In 2001 the International Criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia issued a conviction for rape as a crime against humanity it was the 1st instance of an International Tribunal convicting soley on charges of Sexual Violence committed in a rape camp. One hour for me justice isnt just a matter of judging and sentencing its a way of putting down on paper and recording exactly what happened and thats important but we want to establish a permanent memory a history that people will read about in 100 years time. In bridgeport Bosnia Herzegovina initiated the 1st trial for rape as a war crime